`ca_recalls_search`

Pack: ca-recalls · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/ca_recalls_search for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search Canadian federal recalls and safety alerts (Government of Canada: Health Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Transport Canada): consumer product, food, health product and vehicle notices. Keyword in English or French (lang), optional publication date range. With no keyword it lists the newest notices. One 15-row page per call (publisher’s relevance order); date filters apply to the fetched page. Returns id, title, notice type and date; pass an id to ca_recall_get for the notice.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Keyword in English or French, e.g. “power bank”, “peanut”, “batterie externe”, “Toyota”.
`lang`	string	no	Search and result language. Default en.
`date_from`	string	no	Earliest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD (applied to the fetched page).
`date_to`	string	no	Latest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD (applied to the fetched page).
`limit`	number	no	1-15, default 15.
`page`	number	no	Page of the publisher results, 1-based, 15 rows each.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "power bank",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ca-recalls/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"ca_recalls_search","arguments":{"query":"power bank","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('ca_recalls_search', {
  "query": "power bank",
  "limit": 5
});

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`source`	string
`data_as_of`	string \| null
`list_searched`	string
`period_covered`	string
`list_total`	number
`page`	number
`page_rows`	number
`returned`	number
`hidden_by_date_filter`	number
`empty_reason`	string \| null
`recalls`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "data_as_of": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "list_searched": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "period_covered": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "list_total": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "page_rows": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "hidden_by_date_filter": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "empty_reason": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "recalls": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "lang": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "published": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      }
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the ca-recalls pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ca-recalls": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ca-recalls/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

ca_recalls_search